Haven

 Haven Scarf

My Haven scarf is finally off the needles!

Haven is a beautiful lace panel knit scarf by Kim Hargreaves
from her 

Heartfelt, The Dark House Collection.

Kim designed the scarf to be knit in Rowan's Cocoon yarn but

I knit my version in Louisa Harding's Hulda yarn 

to match my Louisa Harding Kenzie beret.  

I think the two patterns, by two fantastic British designers,
makes a very pretty boutique-style set.  

To top it off...

Kim and Louisa are great friends...

so I think they would approve of my pretty beret and scarf set
knit from their patterns!

 My Haven

I started my Haven scarf way back in October of 2010.  

For one reason or another, 

my Haven scarf became a UFO.  

Knitters recognize this term as an "unfinished object".

Knitters often put projects down for awhile 

due to the excitement of starting new projects.  

When a project is put down for a long time,

we knitters refer to this as "hibernation". 

I'm not really quite sure why this scarf went into such a long hibernation?

Haven is a wonderful pattern by Kim and such a pretty scarf.

I wish I would have finished it sooner.

I'm currently on a mission to finish up my UFO's 

due to my upcoming hand surgery.

(I'll write more about that soon.)

I'm so happy, 

I can check this scarf off my UFO list.  

Knitter's Blocks

After my Haven scarf came off the needles,

I couldn't wait to soak and block it.

Pre-blocking my scarf measured 8" x 70".  

After a soak and blocking,

it pinned out to 10" x 84".  

Kim's final measurement is 11" x 84" so my version 

came out very close.  

I am very pleased with this project.

To block this scarf,

I used my new Knitter's Blocks for the first time.

Love them!